POLL: Assault on Artillery

59 votes were cast.

Covert Walrus writes:

In Dirtside 2 ( My main ground based rules), off-table artillery units are permitted, and so is Counter-Battery Radar, so the matter turns into artillery duels for the most part.

But I have allowed air units to move off-table and strike at Off-Table positions ( Rolling a d4 to determine ho many turns it takes for VTOLS to reach the artillery unit).

There is no minimum range for on table artillery in the rules, and most artillery is permitted to make direct-fire attacks at a slight change in effectiveness, so assaults are risky yet worthwhile at times.

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VOTING RESULTS
Answer	Votes	%	Chart
yes, I play engagements like that	17	29%
none of these/no opinion	6	10%
not my cup of tea	1	2%
this is ridiculous	0	0%
no, I do not play engagements like that	27	46%
other (explain)	2	3%
not my genre	6	10%

POLL IS CLOSED

POLL DESCRIPTION

etotheipi writes:

This thread about off-table artillery trays. It's pretty cool, and while we use minis off table (usually at the snack table, so they are (1) far away) and (2) not forgotten – nobody in our groups forget to get snacks, we do use them on the board too.

Do you play engagements where artillery are assaulted by units that cannot be targeted by the artillery because they are inside the minimum radius?

If you play assault/protection of other offensive military units (so, a mobile drone GCS, but not a comms tower), that could count too, but please tell us what those units are. Debate about what counts are "offensive military units" is welcome too.

We do. That was the reason I built my first set of long-range artillery. Have also done drone GCS and mobile cyber/EW units. All had their own infantry for security. Sometimes it was "delay and call for reinforcements," other times it was "repel/attrite the assault".

Poll set up by Editor in Chief Bill , based on this pre-poll discussion.